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Top 7 Tips to Prepare Your Home to be Sold

Written by Posted On Wednesday, 31 October 2018 18:42
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When it comes to selling an investment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions of dollars – It's staggering how little effort people put into the endeavor. To do it right involves meticulous planning and careful preparations, especially when the market is down or saturated with competitor properties.

In this article, we present some tips on how to professionally prepare your house so that buyers will instantly fall in love with it. You need to create a little 'FOMO' (Fear of Missing Out) among your prospective buyers if you want to beat the competition, just like in any other business.

1. Enhance your landscaping

Your front yard is one of the first things that will be seen by prospective buyers when visiting your home for a personal inspection. To make a good first impression, you should ensure that your lawn is immaculate and properly maintained. To do this, you should weed your garden, trim the bushes, mow your lawn, and plant flowering plants. If all of this sounds like too much hard work, get some professionals in. It will be well worth the money you pay. The front yard is the first thing the buyers see, but also the last impression of your home too as they walk back out.

2. Clean the outside walls, roofs, and gutters

To send a message to potential buyers that the house is well-maintained, you should make sure that the rest of the exterior is just as clean and well kept as the yard. You can achieve this by simply cleaning the gutters, walls, and roofs of debris and possibly even given them a wash and a fresh coat of paint where necessary. A pro tip is to rent a pressure washer to get the sides of your house clean in record quick time.

3. Depersonalize and declutter your bedrooms and living rooms

To make sure that buyers will focus on the quality of the house and not get distracted by your personal photographs and other house decorations, you should depersonalize and declutter it. To do this, you should pack up your photographs, decorations, and small furnishings and store them in a safe but out of sight area. This is only a temporary measure you would perform just before a viewing takes place. But it is an essential one. People need to be able to see how they can fit their life inside your house. If it looks too much like your home, it can be hard for prospective buyers to visualize themselves living there. You should minimize the accessories and stick to more understated furniture to allow the buyer to have a clearer picture of how his/her own belongings will fit in.

4. Rearrange your storage cabinets and bedroom closets

Expect that buyers will open your cabinet doors and closets during their visit due to curiosity or to assess the usable space inside. It's a good idea to at least appear as though you're properly organized! You should make sure that your spice jars, dishes, and coffee cups are in the right places and positions. In your closets, you should line up your shoes and hang shirts together neatly.

5. Conducting minor repairs

To increase the appeal of your home, you should make sure that all major defects such as roof leaks and broken windows are properly repaired before entertaining prospective buyers. It saves you from having to inform them of any negative aspects. Even if they are minor, having to tell a prospective buyer something negative is never helpful to the sale. Better to get it taken care of in advance.

6. A thorough clean from top to bottom

To ensure that your house is as presentable as possible, you should invest time in doing a complete makeover. Wash your windows inside and out, recaulk your bathtubs, sinks, and showers, as well as polish your chrome faucets and mirrors. You should also wax the floor, clean the ceiling fan blades and light fixtures, and dust your furniture thoroughly. During cleaning, pay close attention to your bathrooms and kitchen as these are major selling points for the majority of buyers. Make sure that these areas are spotless and free from clutter.

7. Ensuring that the air inside your home smells fresh and clean

Your home most probably has a very particular odor. It may not necessarily be an offensive odor to you, in fact you're probably so used the scent of your own home that you can't smell anything. There are many items within your home that all combine to give your home it's own individual scent, which could well be off putting to potential buyers. Aside from the top to bottom clean you performed in step 6, you should look to either buy or borrow a friends air purifier to eliminate as many odors from the home as possible. Air purifiers will not just take care of the odor, but also free your air from contaminants like dust, pollen and pet dander. But be sure to investigate fully before buying one, as there are many different types of air purifier.

Conclusion:

Making a comprehensive plan and preparing your home professionally for potential buyers will increase the possibility that you’ll close the deal quickly and at a good price. By following these seven tips, we are sure that you will find the right buyer sooner rather than later.

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